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LilithNightwalker — Grammar Freak.
Published: 2006-07-11 22:51:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 1021; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 12
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The inspiration for this comic was... well... me. I am nuts about correct grammar. I may not use it all the time myself, but I try my hardest to do so, and many people get irritated with me because I have a nasty little habit of correcting other people's grammar.All of my friends and family can attest to this.
I don't smack people, though.
Sometimes I'd like to, but I don't.
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This is hilarious! Reminds me of a conversation I saw on a TV show:
Teacher: I'll be away tomorrow so you'll have a substitute. I'm going to my sister's funeral.
Student: What did she die of?
Teacher: Ending a sentence with a preposition!
I totally get you about the being nuts about grammar thing. I'm somewhat anal retentive about it. I try not to correct people (unless they're English majors with horrible grammar), but I get really frustrated sometimes.
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I've been getting better about not getting mad about it, but it still bothers me when people throw grammar out the window and then not care about it. Language is important, and people forget that all too often, in my opinion.
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I agree. I'm an English major, but have only been so for a few months. I used to live with an English Education major, though, and her grammar was terrible so I was constantly correcting her on principle. She said that proper English doesn't matter outside of the classroom, so I always wondered why she wanted to teach it. (I think, though, if it matters in the classroom, it matters everywhere.)
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OH MY GOD! ask any of my friends, that is totally me! (but i'm like you, i'd like to hit them sometimes... but i dont)
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It's nice to find fellow grammarians.
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I completely understand your bad habit. (though i sometimes fail in grammar myself) I'm more of a "OMG YOU MISSPELLED THAT WORD!!!!!"
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hola,
would you mind if i used this picture for a facebook group.
it'd be fitting, considering the fact that it's a group for grammar lovers.
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I have noticed that none of your sentences begin with capitalized letters. You have also ended a question with a period, rather than a question mark. This irks me.
Are you truly worthy to head such a group?
Nevertheless, it's fine by me, as long as you give credit where credit is due.
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They didn't?
hmm...
I could've sworn i'd capitilized. Anways, thank you for letting me use it. I will give you credit, don't worry
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Awesome. Have fun with your group!
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Yay! I'm not the only one out there who does this! I get scoffed at all the time for correcting people's grammar and such! I must favourite this.
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Why thank you very much!
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Amazing! I love it. Congratulations on your prize!
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I SHALL ALWAYS END SENTENCES WITH PREPOSITIONS; WHY FOR? BECAUSE IT PISSES HARDCORE GRAMMAR PEOPLE OFF.
regarding
within
concerning
on
above
under
beside
It's fun with prepositions day!
Although, there are some people who English so bad I would like to smack them.
Yes, "English" is a verb. Says I.
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*gasp!*
How could you betray us, oh Dark Warden of the Comma? I am very disappointed in you. Perhaps we should confiscate your sword.
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*hides sword behind back*
I believe that once you know the rules, you may bend them judiciously.
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Hmph. Well I certainly don't find your bending judicious.
*holds out hand*
Come now, hand over the sword!
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Well, I do. I find it extremely judicious. Also, I outrank you. (*has no idea whether this is true or not*) So...you hand over your sword.
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*blinks*
Never!
Fine, keep your sword. I don't care.
*sticks out tongue*
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*sticks out tongue*
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Ha. I got told off for that yesterday. Twice.
congrats on your prize
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Good for you! The forwarding of the cause of grammar is worth any remonstrations it may produce!
And thanks a lot.
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I love it! You'd think the general public would know how to speak English! *shakes head sadly*
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Well, if all English classes are like the ones at my school, then it seems that grammar does not have as much importance to the Education system as literature has. It seems they think we'll learn proper grammar by osmosis, through the books, or through the endless corrections they make on our papers.
Of course, I actually did learn proper grammar from books. It wasn't really osmosis, though.
I'm glad you like it.
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Grammar via Osmosis... interesting concept.
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Yeah. Take a book, put it against your head, and learn through osmosis.
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I wish that worked. You have no idea how much I wish I could learn math that way...
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Me too. It would solve a lot of problems, wouldn't it?
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*heavy sigh* People would actually be intelligent and not have to work for their smarts. We'd be the worlds smartest but laziest society...
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*shudder* That would be good and bad.
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What a nightmare... *gapes at the horror in her head* Einsteins working at McDonalds!
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Cartesian truck drivers!
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Oh, what a disaster... * weeps *
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Thank god you don't smack people. Other wise I'm sure I'd be at the recieving end of those quite alot.
And I'm probably just being stupid, but whats wrong with the second sentence?
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"For" is also a preposition. A preposition is any word used with (usually before) a noun or a pronoun and expresses how it is related to another element in the clause or sentence. "For" is a preposition because it expresses why you did something. Grammatically, the sentence would be correct as "for what reason did you do that" or "for what purpose did you do that". However, it would be best as "why did you do that", because it is grammatically correct and uses the least amount of words, unlike my response to your question.
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Thank you, now I can yell at people for ending their sentences with a preposition if I feel like it. Should be fun!
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Just for the record, it's also grammatically incorrect to end a clause with a preposition, too. A clause is a part of a sentence that can stand on its own... kind of like a mini sentence in a sentence. I don't know if that made any sense, but an incorrect example would be this: "I don't know where he came from, but I'm going to stop him." In that example, the word "from", a preposition, was used at the end of the first clause, "I don't know where he came from." It should be, "I don't know from where he came". That sounds weird, but only because we're so used to the incorrect form.
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Yeah. Thanks!! ^__^ Look out, here I come!
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Thanks! And thank you very much for the 
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